Hair curler



Patented Jan. 4, 1927.

UNI'EED STATES ANNA OIBRIEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAIR CURLER.

Application fi1ed Novcmber 17, 1923. Serial N0. 675,257.

The present invention relates to hair cu1 lers of the type commonly usedWith o1 Wl'l1- out heat to eflect a curling o1 waving by winding thehair thereon and leaving it f01' a few hours 01 until the desired curl01 wave is produced.

Tbe object of the invention is to provide an improved curler and furtherto provide a curler which can be cheaply and expeditlously manufactured.The invention in lts preferred form provides a heating 1neans which maybo used o1 not as desired.

The invention Will bo better understood from a description of aparticular illustrative embodiment tl1ereof. F01 the purpose of thisdesoription reference should be had to the accompanying drawing forminga part hereof and in Wl11Cl1-- Figu1e 1 is a view of a blank from whicha curler e1nbodying the princlples of the invention is to be formed.

Figu1e 2 is a side viow of the curler after the blank has been bent tofinal forma, show ing the clamping member in open position.

Figure 3 is a similar view showing tl1e 7 curler in closed positionindicating in dotted lines the preforred arrangement of tl1e hairthereon when the device is in use and show ing also the heating elementintroduced into the tubular body 1nember of the curler.

Figure 4 is a view showing the heating element removed.

Figuro 5 is a cross-sectional view taken on tl1e line 4.4 of Figure 3.

The curler shown for the purpose of illustration is designed to be madefro1n sbeet metal having preferably a sufficieno spring quality so thattl1e clamping 1nember 1nay stand normally a substantial distance awayfrom the body mernber While being readily 1noved 130 and secured inclamping relation against t-l1e same. The blank is Wider toward one endto form a tubular body momber and narrower toward the other end to forma clamping member. As shown tl1e blank 5 is formed with preferablysimilar Wings 6 011 opposite sides which wings a1e bent to form asubstantially cylindrical tubular body member. The narrower portion 8 ofrhe blank is folded back to lie along the bocly member and form aclanoping member cooperating with tl1e body member to secnre the hair.The band of tl1e clanoping member is preferably such as to fonn asubstantially close loop 9 to receive and retain an elastic band 10. Thefree end of oho clamping mernber is formed to provlde a hook 11engageable with atongue 12 on tl1o free end of the body membo1. The ho0kelemont as sl1own is proferably fonned upon the damping member ratl1erthan on the body member in order tbat tho body mem ber may be so formedas to pe1mit the hair to be easily ren1oved therefrom. Tl1e tongne 12furthermore is preferably bent sligl1tly backward so thab be l1ook 11Will be positioned away from tl1e centel of the tnbular body momber when1n clamped mterlockmg relatmn 1n oraler that a l1eat1ng element may beeasily introduood fromthis end if' dssired. T he loop 9 is also soformed as to permit tlxe introduction of tl1e heating element 13 frommthat end but it 1nay further be so formed as to friotionally engage andtherefore retain the heat-lng element in position in the fiubular bodymen1ber as indicated ab 14 if desired. In the preferred manner of use oftl1e device tl1e end of a Strand of l1air is olamped between the 13W0members and the free ends are interengaged, then the hair i.s rolledwlth o1 without a twist around tl1e whole devioe. The elastic band 10may then be connected to the opposite end of the device to hold the bairin curling position. The shape of the free end of the body mombe1 may bemade such that the elastio band 1nay be simply engaged over tbe endthereofi as indicated at 15, Figure 2. If desired, bowever, the free endof the clan1ping momber may be reversely bent to provide an ou twardlyopen recess or notoh 16 to receive oho band 10.

Tho shape of the body xnember is such that tl1e bair Will bo given asnearly a t1ue o1 uniform cu1l or wave as possible. T0 this end the body1nember is made substantially cylindrical in form but is preferablyslightly flattened where Ehe clarnping menober lies against it and theclamping member is proferably slight-ly curved in cross section asindicated at 20. By this arrangernent the curl ab the end of the hair issubstantially the same as that at the otber parts thus avoiding thesbarp ourl ab tl1e end wbloh is caused if the bair is given a short bendimmediately adjacent the polnt where lt is clamped when f'or example thehair is clamped between and curled around flat members. Furthermore thecu1ler as a whole when closed is still substantially oylinw drical sothat the curl or wzwe throughout tbe length of tl1e strand 15 un1formancl even,

The curmture 01E the c1a1nping member transversely of its length shouldnotbe nmd'e sufficient to cause a loss of the fiexibility thereof. InFigures 2 and 3 this curvatu1e is indicated as extending ihe greaterportion 01" the length f the clamping member but itshould not extendaroun(l the 100p 9 because 0f the interference With the flexibi=lity ofthe device und it need not be continued around the hooked end 11, 16.

The heating ele1-nent consists simply 0f a; 1'0d of suit2i-ble shape f01insertion Wi-thin the tubular member und is provided With a suifia blehandle 21 o=fi W00d 01 0ther heat insu=lating material.

The end 22 0f the tubulur body member is p1*eferably formed at asufficient angle so that it Will not tend to catch in the hairduringremoval.

The dvice in its prefermd f0rm as described C2111 be chez1ply andexpeiditiously manufactured by simple stamping 2111d banding operationsfrom relatively inexpe nsive nmterial such a-s steel 01- brass and isdurable and effective in use.

I claim:

A l1air, curler of the character described comprising a sheet metalblank having lateral Wings along substantially one half its length benttogecher to form asubstantially cyl-indrizbl tubulzu= body member und a,

spring strip bent to form at 0ne end a band anal an outwardly open band1= e0eiVing recess, the body member be1ng formed W1th a pro ectnen'gagezfibl'e WI-h saa'd h'0ok 0 hold fihe members in cla-mpiflg1"elatio'n und 'an elasuc band extenchng throu-gh su-1el loep em ANNAO"BRIEN.

